No hate to Ubuntu LTS (my old OS) as I think for an entry to Linux, it’s about the best there is, and then I just got used to it and then I started getting more and more annoyed with Snaps.

FFWD a couple of years and I decided to switch to Mint but I wanted something that was entirely free of Snaps, not just blocked, so LMDE seemed the best fit. I get all the good bits of Mint without the Canonical enforced stuff. It’s been running a week now and after plenty of tweaks (installing Gnome for example) looks and feels exactly how I wanted it without interference from Canonical.

  • Varyk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    Got it. Thanks, I was curious. I mostly use the terminal for meeting sure I can use gifs as a desktop background, just customization stuff, haha.

    I don’t even notice the snaps. You mean there installation process via snaps is slower or the programs run slower?

    • Leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      The install process mainly - it used to hang quite a lot for me. But, maybe that was something I had misconfigured.

      • Varyk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Got it.

        I feel like whenever I do anything in the terminal, I’m just searching and following walkthroughs made by virtuous Linux giants before me.

        I don’t remember any hanged snap installs, but working with Ubuntu provides me with so much information if anything has failed, I probably assumed I did something wrong and found an alternative online instead of solving a snap issue anyway, haha.

        Maybe a bunch of them didn’t work and I just didn’t notice. My setup is pretty constant since it’s my office, i try not to change too many things I don’t need to function.

        Sorry, off hours, just rambling.